Yang Chun’s eyes darted awkwardly, and he stamred, unable to give a coherent explanation.
Lu Jiu’s smile gradually faded, and he looked at Yang Chun calmly, "Didn’t take them?"
Yang Chun couldn’t et Lu Jiu’s gaze. After all, he was the one who had stopped his mother from taking the dicine, and now being questioned by the doctor, he naturally felt a lack of confidence.
Seeing Yang Chun’s reaction, Lu Jiu understood that not answering was itself an answer.
"Then I’m sorry, I don’t treat those who don’t follow dical advice. You’ll have to find soone else," Lu Jiu said.
Hearing this, Yang Chun beca anxious imdiately, "No, no, Dr. Lu, it was , I was the one who stopped my mom from taking the dicine, honestly, the responsibility is all mine. After taking the dicine, my mom felt nauseous and vomited, and I thought it was because the dicine triggered her stomach issues again, so I stopped her from taking it. How was I to know..."
Lu Jiu waved his hand, interrupting him, "You don’t need to explain to , it’s unnecessary. I didn’t an to bla you. Since Auntie has been hospitalized, you should let the doctors there handle it. You’ve co to the wrong place with ."
Yang Chun pleaded, "Dr. Lu, please, help . I don’t want my mom to have surgery."
Lu Jiu asked curiously, "You’ve already been to the hospital; why are you so against the surgery?"
Yang Chun frowned, "The chief there said my mom’s condition doesn’t yet qualify for surgery, and even if she goes through gallbladder removal, her digestive function will decrease, so she’ll have to watch her diet carefully, and even a small mistake could lead to gastritis."
Isn’t that obvious?
The gallbladder’s been removed, but the liver will still secrete bile. Previously, due to the stones, only part of the bile overflowed and reversed into the stomach.
Now that you’ve removed the gallbladder, where will all the bile stay?
Originally, the liver and gallbladder were brothers that supported each other, one being yin wood, the other yang wood. At night, the gallbladder supports the liver by nurturing yang, and the liver secretes bile to nourish the gallbladder. If you remove the yang wood, then the yin wood must bear more, increasing the liver’s burden.
Modern dicine acknowledges this and also points out that after gallbladder removal, foods high in oil, fat, sweets, and artificial butter, which are hard to digest, should be avoided.
Why?
When the gallbladder was present, these things would reach the duodenum, and the gallbladder would control the bile to aid digestion. Once the gallbladder is gone, the bile becos like scattered troops without a commander; its original function can’t be carried out and might even cause damage.
The weakened digestion, coupled with the stomach still struggling, and the addition of foods that the Spleen and Stomach can’t digest, definitely worsens matters; gastritis would just be the most basic issue, and over ti, many strange diseases could develop.
Lu Jiu knew these things, but he wouldn’t actively tell soone who didn’t trust him. Often, when a person’s understanding is fixed, whatever you say will seem wrong.
This has nothing to do with knowledge, only with arrogance and prejudice.
"There’s no way around it, it’s already co to this. Whether you want the surgery or not, it has to be done. Gallstones are not sothing the average person can endure, and the cost isn’t high, right? If I rember correctly, it’s about ten or twenty thousand, and insurance should cover a lot," Lu Jiu said.
In the hospital, this surgery isn’t considered expensive, and with insurance reimbursent, it might cost just a few thousand.
Yang Chun shook his head, "It’s not about the money. I’d spend any amount if it could cure her, but... Dr. Lu, please help . I’ll pay you whatever you want as long as you can cure my mom."
Cure her?
That’s quite a tall order.
It’s really putting Lu Jiu in a difficult position.
What if he agrees and then can’t cure her?
The hospital can take that risk because the surgery is docunted, and as long as the procedure is fine, any postoperative discomfort isn’t legally their responsibility.
But Lu Jiu can’t do that.
He’s just one doctor in a small clinic, and if he guarantees a cure and fails, just being dragged to court would be enough to make him unable to keep his practice running, regardless of the outco.
"You really place a lot of faith in , but I do have to pour cold water on that; I can’t cure Auntie’s illness," Lu Jiu said.
While Lu Jiu’s behavior at the mont seems to contradict the noble spirit of a great doctor, books are dead, and people are alive. If you act recklessly without considering the context and end up harming yourself, that’s not being a saint; it’s foolish.
This is a common flaw in many modern TV dramas that portray doctors, often having them make decisions beyond their capabilities and then having to bear the consequences of those decisions, which results in chaos.
So much so that in today’s society, not sacrificing everything to save lives has beco a shaful act for a doctor.
Initially, Aunt Huang had a solid gallbladder, and Lu Jiu prescribed according to this, but he hadn’t treated such a patient before. He wasn’t entirely sure if the Five tals Decoction could dissolve the stones.
In clinical practice, there have been plenty of cases where the redy matched the symptoms, yet the efficacy wasn’t significant. Many difficult and complex diseases are initially treated with a trial prescription, and it’s the subsequent adjustnt that’s critical.
Now that the hospital has confird the presence of stones, the situation is undoubtedly more severe than before, and Lu Jiu isn’t so arrogant as to promise a cure without even seeing the symptoms.
Having a system doesn’t an losing one’s senses; Lu Jiu has a fair bit of self-awareness.
"Dr. Lu, you must have a way. The chief at the hospital, upon hearing you diagnosed my mom with gallstones just by taking her pulse, suggested I co to you if I wanted conservative treatnt," Yang Chun said.
Lu Jiu could only smile wryly.
No wonder this person ca rushing over; so that’s the story.
He had been puzzled earlier, but now it made sense.
"Does this chief understand traditional dicine?" Lu Jiu asked.
Yang Chun replied helplessly, "I suppose not, being a People’s Hospital doctor; they all practice Western dicine."
Lu Jiu said, "Since he doesn’t understand, why do you trust him more than ? Shouldn’t I know my own abilities better than anyone else?"
This...
Yang Chun beca desperate, "But you could diagnose sothing that instrunts didn’t detect. How could you not have a way?"
Lu Jiu laughed.
He shook his head and looked at Yang Chun earnestly, "You’re mistaken. Knowing and doing are two different things. I know because I’ve studied Chinese dicine for over twenty years, understanding how so diseases develop and progress, but doing requires to treat and test if what I learned can be applied."
"In simpler terms, the knowledge of our ancestors has broadened my vision, but the skill to treat relies on personal clinical practice. I’ve never treated gallstones before, so I only knew Aunt Huang had it. Equally, I didn’t anticipate her condition would progress to a detectable level in just over a week; that’s my limitation."
"Therefore, I greatly appreciate the expectations you have of , but previously I wasn’t even certain. Now that it can be examined with instrunts, I’m all the more powerless. I apologize!"
Lu Jiu’s sincere response made Yang Chun quite upset.
When the hospital’s chief told him to try traditional dicine, he truly held great hope, but now, that hope was shattered.
"Dr. Lu, if, I an if we had insisted on sticking to the dication earlier, would it have cured my mom’s illness?" Yang Chun’s eyes carried a hint of regret.
Lu Jiu understood what he ant and shook his head slightly, "Not necessarily, but it certainly wouldn’t have worsened so quickly."
Lu Jiu wasn’t sure if the stones could be dissolved, as everyone’s constitution is different, and the reaction after taking dicine would need another diagnosis to see. But Five tals Decoction was the right prescription; even if it didn’t dissolve the stones, it wouldn’t have exacerbated the solid gallbladder problem.
"Was there really no way within a week?" Yang Chun asked.
Lu Jiu looked at him, smiling without saying a word.
"Alright, thanks, Dr. Lu, I’m leaving." Yang Chun sighed and turned to go.
"Take care," Lu Jiu said.
This person kept ntioning what the chief said, with his trust entirely stemming from others, which made Lu Jiu all the more reluctant to treat such a person’s family.
If any reaction occurred during the dication process, and he went to consult soone else, listened to others, and interfered with the treatnt, it would cause more trouble.
Thus, in Chinese dicine, those who don’t believe are not treated.
As Yang Chun stepped down, Qiao Ling walked past him with a girl around her age and entered the clinic together.
"Dr. Lu, I’ve co to give you business." Qiao Ling laughed as she entered, dragging her good friend to sit in front of Lu Jiu.
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